Tamedia wants to sell Annabelle - Krause-Blouin heads editorial department on an interim basis
Tamedia wants to concentrate in future on its core business in the paid media sector with titles financed mainly from subscription income and is examining the sale of Annabelle. Jacqueline Krause-Blouin, deputy editor-in-chief for many years, will take over the editorship of the magazine on an interim basis at the beginning of August.
As part of the implementation of Tamedia's future holding-type corporate structure with the four business divisions of Paid Media, Commuter Media, Advertising Marketing and Marketplaces, the aim is to focus these units on their core businesses. For paid media, this means concentrating on those titles that are mainly financed by subscription revenues. As a result, Tamedia has decided to examine the sale of Annabelle magazine, which is heavily dependent on the advertising market, according to a press release.
Christoph Tonini, CEO of Tamedia: "The specific challenges of the traditional magazine Annabelle differ fundamentally from those of our paid media. We therefore want to examine whether it would have better development opportunities with a dedicated entrepreneurial personality or another publisher behind it." Initial talks will take place in the coming weeks.
Jacqueline Krause-Blouin takes over as editor-in-chief on an interim basis
Jacqueline Krause-Blouin will take over as editor-in-chief of Annabelle ad interim from the beginning of August 2019 until the end of the year. She succeeds Silvia Binggeli, who will hand over the editorship as announced at the end of July.
Jacqueline Krause-Blouin has been working for Annabelle since the beginning of 2015. She initially worked as a writer and lifestyle editor, before taking over as deputy editor-in-chief in summer 2015. Prior to that, the 32-year-old trained actress worked as an editor and chief of staff for Spex- Magazin für Popkultur, Berliner Morgenpost and Rolling Stone, Berlin, among others. Jacqueline Krause-Blouin will continue to work for the Tages-Anzeiger mommy blog.
Sven Broder will become deputy editor-in-chief. The 44-year-old studied German language and literature and joined Annabelle in 2011 as editor and deputy head of the features department. He took over as head of the department in 2013. In May 2019, he was appointed Deputy Editor-in-Chief ad interim.
